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Inner Chains cover art

Inner Chains

Telepaths Tree · IMGN.PRO · 2017-05-18

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 18, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An FPS horror game set in a surreal, dark and deadly biomechanical world never seen before. Humankind is just a small part of a hostile universe. Want to survive? Discover its secrets.

Inner Chains is an Action and Adventure game released in 2017, priced at $19.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (48% of 607 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.

0
playing now
48%
positive of 609 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
49/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (6 downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 609 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$1.00-95%
GOG$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.85 at GreenManGaming (2025-05-09) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 109 of 177 observed days · $0.15 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.00$0.912017-05-172026-10-142017-05-17 — best price $17.992017-08-20 — best price $14.102017-12-11 — best price $20.002018-04-27 — best price $19.992018-09-11 — best price $19.992018-12-31 — best price $5.002019-04-10 — best price $19.992019-07-18 — best price $7.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992020-01-20 — best price $19.892020-04-04 — best price $19.992020-07-16 — best price $2.402020-11-18 — best price $14.692021-01-28 — best price $3.752021-05-03 — best price $3.992021-08-19 — best price $19.992021-11-17 — best price $15.742022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-04-18 — best price $19.992022-07-25 — best price $3.992022-10-28 — best price $3.992023-01-16 — best price $4.192023-04-21 — best price $4.392023-07-29 — best price $2.892023-11-07 — best price $2.992024-01-27 — best price $19.992024-04-25 — best price $19.992024-07-13 — best price $19.992024-09-25 — best price $2.802024-12-12 — best price $1.992025-02-28 — best price $1.592025-05-19 — best price $4.192025-08-06 — best price $19.992025-10-15 — best price $2.642025-12-19 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $1.972026-06-01 — best price $19.992026-08-14 — best price $1.002026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
70.6%
earned "CHAPTER II UNLOCKED!"
28.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Italian, Czech, Hungarian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)71117%29

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FPSDarkActionHorrorSci-fiShooterSurrealAdventureDystopian Atmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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